Matching Pairs Producers Consumers and DecomposersOnline version assignment by Benjamin D Morgan 1 amount of rotten meat 2 Consumer (heterotrophs) 3 photosynthesis 4 Oxygen 5 Glucose 6 Herbivores (primary consumers) 7 Zooplankton 8 Required for photosynthesis 9 Phytoplankton 10 number of flies 11 Carnivore 12 Omnivores 13 Producers (autotrophs) 14 Decomposers Organisms that get their energy by breaking down dead organisms and animal wastes AND make nutrients in the soil. Tiny organisms usually found in large bodies of water that consume other small organisms. Organisms that cannot produce their own food and must eat to get energy Organisms that only consume producers. How are the number of flies effected by the amount of meat that is rotten in a garbage? Identify the independent variable. A sugar produced during photosynthesis by producers A process used by plants to acquire their own energy. Organisms that get their energy from the sun through photosynthesis How are the number of flies effected by the amount of meat that is rotten in a garbage? Identify the dependent variable. Organisms that eat both plants and animals A waste product produced by plants during photosynthesis Tiny photosynthetic organisms usually found in large bodies of water and are the most common producers in these waters Organisms that eat only consumers. Carbon Dioxide, water, and sunlight